Lithographic apparatus and scanning method

Abstract

A lithographic apparatus includes a first support to support a first patterning device; a second support to support a second patterning device, each of the first and the second patterning device capable of imparting a radiation beam with a pattern in its cross-section to form a patterned radiation beam; a substrate table constructed to hold a substrate; a projection system to project the patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of the substrate; a controller to drive the first support and the second support and arranged to: drive the first support to perform a scanning movement; drive the second support to accelerate during at least part of the scanning movement of the first support; and drive the second support to perform a scanning movement upon completion of the scanning movement of the first support, so as to scan a die adjacent a die previously scanned during the scanning movement of the first support.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.